Example sentences of "it is [adv] impossible for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He realises it is probably impossible for the people he calls ‘ actives ’ and ‘ contemplatives ’ to understand one another . |
| 2 | Since the issue price can be fixed so that it is virtually impossible for the rights price to become negative , companies which pay underwriting commission on a rights issue are making an expensive ex gratia payment . |
| 3 | I wish that it were possible to bring more of those who are responsible for them to justice , but , as my hon. Friend knows , because he makes a close study of such matters , it is often impossible for the police to identify those who are responsible . |
| 4 | At the Trooping of the Colour it is manifestly impossible for the troops at the back of the massed formations to understand any of the words uttered by the OC parade on the opposite side of Horse Guards . |
| 5 | When the British papers printed that Scotland Yard believed the silver to have been dug up at the Barbariga army base and smuggled by a Yugoslav diplomat , the Federal commission said , ‘ The press is to be criticised for all such insinuations ’ and ‘ the control of the diplomatic bag is so rigorous in Jugoslavia that it is absolutely impossible for the treasure or anything else to be smuggled out that way ’ . |
| 6 | When cargoes of coal or limestone are carried , the dust pervades the whole vessel and it is almost impossible for the crew to keep themselves even reasonably clean . |
| 7 | Magnitudes have been given to only one-tenth , because it is almost impossible for the naked-eye or binocular observer to distinguish differences of less than this ( though I agree that some people claim to be able to do so ; I certainly can not ) . |
| 8 | During the use of some programs , eg , PIRATES ( see reference 1 ) , if the pace of the lesson is not controlled , so much information is contained in pupil responses and computer responses that it is almost impossible for the teacher to process it as efficiently as he would like . |
| 9 | It is almost impossible for the understudy to achieve mental equilibrium . |
| 10 | However , it is now impossible for the revived old counties to deliver services of the quality we demand today . |